UPDATE: NASCAR has postponed the Daytona 500 to Monday at 4 p.m. ET due to rain. Click here for more details.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The NASCAR Cup Series season begins Monday with the Daytona 500.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the defending winner. He is one of seven active Daytona 500 champions entered in the event. Denny Hamlin tops the list with three Daytona 500 wins since 2016.
Monday’s race will feature 40 entries — 36 chartered cars with a guaranteed spot in every event on the schedule and four open entries that had to secure their spots through qualifying and Thursday’s Duel races. Kaz Grala, Jimmie Johnson, David Ragan and Anthony Alfredo all raced their way into the Daytona 500.
Details for Monday’s Daytona 500
(All times Eastern)
START: The race is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
DISTANCE: The race is 200 laps (500 miles) on the 2.5-mile superspeedway.
STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 65. Stage 2 ends at Lap 130.
STARTING LINEUP: Daytona 500 starting lineup
TV/RADIO: Fox will broadcast the race at 4 p.m. ... Motor Racing Network coverage begins at 4 p.m. … SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the MRN broadcast.
STREAMING: Fox Sports app
FORECAST: Weather Underground — High of 60 degrees with a 1 percent chance of rain at the start of the race.
LAST TIME: The Daytona 500 went to overtime after Daniel Suarez slid off the track with two laps remaining. A multi-car crash sent the race to double overtime. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the lead on the final restart and held off Joey Logano as a crash occurred behind them. The field had taken the white flag, so the caution ended the race with Stenhouse being named the winner.
